Alvanites of Sochos

Alvanites of Sochos (1115-1168) was a general of the Byzantine Empire.

Biography
Alvanites of Sochos was born in 1115 AD in Sochos (located in present-day Greece's Thessaloniki region of Central Macedonia. He was born to a noble Macedonian family, and he became a general of the Byzantine Empire. Alvanites commanded the Byzantine army at the Battle of Afsin, where he defeated a Turkish army under Qilich of Homs. Alvanites died in 1168 of natural causes.